GTE Sylvania Zinsco breaker panels, circuit breakers and fuses
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Oct 24, 2012. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Oct 24, 2012the latest report was made
- Oct 24, 2012the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- GTE Sylvania Zinsco
- Maker
- VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC.Makers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Breaker panels, circuit breakers and fusesIncluding GFCIsCPSC’s product type: Panelboards, Circuit Breakers, Gfci”s, or Fuses (code 4063), in Home Maintenance and Structures: Electrical Systems
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| October 2012 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- No one hurt 1 CPSC: Incident, No Injury
As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.
The reports, as CPSC published them
Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.
Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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No one hurt Made Oct 24, 2012, sent to the company Nov 23, 2012, published by CPSC Dec 7, 2012
The product, in the report: electrical panel installed in home
We recently moved into a rental home...the first time in over 20 years and didn’t think twice about the electrical panel box. We were gone for the weekend and came home to a furnace that wasn’t working. Called the landlord and he sent out a heater repairman. He said the unit wasn’t getting any power, so they called in an electrician. The electrician came and preceded to open the electrical panel box and discovered the fuse (if that’s still what it’s called) for the heater was completely burned up. He told us that this could of caught the house on fire. He also told us that the whole panel box should be replaced as they were known to malfunction. He said look up “GTE Sylvania Zinsco Electrical Panel” on [REDACTED] and said we would find all sorts of scary info. The electrician took an unused fuse in the box and replaced the one that was burnt. I am in the process of notifying our property managers about this safety issue and am hoping that they replace the whole panel.
- Model
- I don’t know
- UPC
- 1 don’t know
- Serial number
- I don’t know
- Bought from
- I don’t know
- Where
- Puyallup, Washington: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 50, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand GTE Sylvania Zinsco, made or sold by VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
CPSC’s disclaimer
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.
Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
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